Before and after making my Red Peanut actually look red! Thanks bwperdue!!

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I posted this up in markksr's thread first but didn't want to high jack so I started a new one. Ok here we go I guess I will show the pictures in order like how you would do a tutorial or something. :) Here are the first few pictures which were taken before anything had been done. The knife is brand new never cut anything I just opened the blades up like twice to see if the walk and talk was good which it was excellent. I also noticed after I took all these pictures and was going over them that it is definitely time to clip my finger nails! :)

Again I actually could have lived with the shield side as you can see here.


This is the side I hated and I know it would bug me everytime I pulled the little nut out to use it. :)



 
Here is a picture of my little dye pot after I washed the knife down with dawn detergent. I used the 2 tea bags of the black tea you see here in the background plus around 1.5 tablespoons of folgers coffee. I put the knife in and turned the heat up and let it simmer for around 25 minutes or so.



Here is the knife after I pulled it out of the mixture and let it cool for about 5 minutes or so. You guys weren't kidding about it turning the blades black!!



I have to say I wasn't overly impressed when I first pulled it out and took these pictures. It is a better but still has a lot of white blotchy areas and wasn't nearly as dark as I was hoping for.



 
I really didn't like how the blade turned out with the black upper half then a completely different look on the lower half so I hit it with some Flitz. I just did a real quick Flitz job literally spending probably 5 minutes on cleaning the blades up and this is how they turned out.


 
And here is the final results of the actual bone after I Flitzed the blades I rinsed it off real good with hot water and soap again. Then I dried it off and shook out as much water as I could. Next I doused it real good multiple times with WD40 and worked the blades back and forth to make sure I got it into all the nooks and crannies. Then I took these last few pictures here. Surprisingly I found out that after all this probably a good half an hour or so had passed and the bone had darkened up quite a bit. I would say it is a real deep cranberry red color which I am really liking. It turned out very nice and I can't wait to get some time with this knife in my pocket and get a nice patina going on those blades. I see now why this little knife has such a cult following. :)







It is now soaking in a mineral oil bath for a few hours.
 
Great job. The Peanut has been much improved....now you can REALLY enjoy carrying it.

Peter
 
Looks GREAT! :thumbup: Enjoy your new knife!
Ya learn something new every day around here!

Dave
 
Very good. I just can't believe Case calls that dark red bone.

You're dye work made the pink bone, a red bone.
 
Thank you everybody I'm really happy with how it turned out. I will finish getting it all wiped down tonight when I get home so it will be ready to go to work with me tomorrow. I'd really like to get a amber bone knife & see how that turns out.
 
Very nice. The use of strong black coffee, btw, as an "aging" agent, is what many providers of faux ivory use to take that lilly white fake ivory and "age" scales (or gun grips) to a very authentic look of real aged ivory.
 
I guess I can dredge up these old images of a dye job I did on a Case Medium Jack in Sunset Winterbottom Bone. This is the same knife pattern as the Small Texas Jack, but in stainless steel.

Before:


After:


I realize it completely changed the character of the handle appearance, to a more uniform reddish chestnut, but I didn't like the bright red/yellow combo. In addition to the RIT dye stovetop method, I used a black sharpie to get some darker color into the grooves, which absorbed and is permanent, as intended.

For reference, here's the original catalog photo that I hoped I was going to be getting:
 
A sharpie for the darks, why didn't I think of that?! That Case looks fantastic. I've been tweaking my CV Chestnut Peanut with Fiebings Dyes and got the overall color I like, but couldn't get the darks in the center. I'll have to give the sharpie a try.

~Jim

jc57 said:
I guess I can dredge up these old images of a dye job I did on a Case Medium Jack in Sunset Winterbottom Bone. This is the same knife pattern as the Small Texas Jack, but in stainless steel.

I realize it completely changed the character of the handle appearance, to a more uniform reddish chestnut, but I didn't like the bright red/yellow combo. In addition to the RIT dye stovetop method, I used a black sharpie to get some darker color into the grooves, which absorbed and is permanent, as intended.
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Wow jc57 the knife you received looks nothing like the one in that picture but your dye job sure did make it look nice. I like it at least on my screen it looks almost like my GEC blood red bone.
 
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